domingo, 24 de julio de 2011

Unholy passion


"The last supper" thank you random West Virginia Pizza Hut for the food and beers, you run a fine establishment :)


It's official


White Rabbit


Lions and tigers & bears OH MY!

 Juliet and Andy

Black Veil Brides: party animals ;)


Walk among us


God made dirt


Children of the Beast


Children of the Beast

Scranton, PA today for Warped Tour from the sound booth.

Thank you for smoking

Thank you for smoking



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620 at Advent stage...come rock!!

620 at Advent stage...come rock!!





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BVB a 'little' different..


BVB a 'little' different..

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sábado, 23 de julio de 2011

Take away this ball and chain

Take away this ball and chain



DAMN!


Sleep.Middle left bunk.

Sleep.Middle left bunk.





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Goodmorning Illinois


Goodmorning Illinois







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DJ Rossstar Interviews Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides on July 3, 2011

Is nothing sacred

Is nothing sacred.


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White light, White heat

White light, White heat


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May The Rock Be With You: Black Veil Brides







“Rock n roll isn't meant to be taken so seriously, I think sometimes people forget it's meant to be fun.  A rock show is meant to be a time for people to have fun and let go of the drudgeries of life....”

Set The World On Fire is the name of the Black Veil Brides new album and with an arsenal of bombastic, infectious, fist pumping anthems and an image that will reel in the legions of rock fans looking for some personality and fun to return to rock, it seems only a matter of time before Black Veil Brides achieve global domination.   

With Australia in their sights, Black Veil Brides are headed here for the first time in September for Soundwave Revolution.  Having recently done the festival circuit in Europe and the UK playing the likes of Download Festival and currently on tour in the USA on the Vans Warped Tour, expect the band and their explosive live show to be at the top of it’s game come time for Soundwave Revolution.  

The bands singer Andy Biersack chatted with us whilst travelling on the tour bus in the middle of nowhere America, sharing the influences of the bands sound and image, as well as the bands expectations of Australia and Soundwave Revolution! 
 
Hey Andy, thanks for taking the time to chat with May The Rock Be With You, how are you going?   
I'm doing just fine thank you.  I just hope our service doesn't drop out as we are on the bus in the middle of nowhere right now.

So it's Independence Day over there as we speak and you are stuck on the bus doing interviews...
Ha ha, yeah, I think as soon as I finish these interviews we will stop the bus and do the American tradition of blowing shit up!

So tell me, have the ribs recovered yet?  (Andy was injured in a stage fall a few weeks back)
You know, I am a little more than 2 weeks out from breaking them and I've still got 3 broken ribs, but they are healing everyday.

So in September you are headed out for for Soundwave Revolution, which is your first trip to Australia, isn’t it?  When did you first hear that you guys were heading out here?
I don't think any of us in the band have been to Australia before, so it is indeed the first time out there seeing you guys.  In terms of most stuff that's booked, we are a big part of that process. We see the things that come in and we are really excited as Soundwave Festival is a huge thing.  In terms of going to Australia for an American band, Soundwave is one of those benchmark things that bands want to do.  We are very excited to be part of it!

Have you had a chance to check out the rest of the Soundwave Revolution lineup, any bands you are personally looking forward to checking out or playing with?
I think the biggest thing for me is Van Halen with David Lee Roth.  But knowing them and their history, who knows if they will make it to the actual festival, but I would definitely love to see that lineup of the band.

Being your first time out here, what have you heard about what you can expect from Soundwave and the Aussie BVB fans?  
You know it's interesting as ever since the creation of the band, the online presence of the fans in Australia has always been pretty huge.  In terms of street teams and merch orders and stuff like that, we can track it and we have a pretty decent fan base in Australia for a band that's never been there.  It's like any new country we are going too for the first time, we are really excited to see what it's like there and get our feet wet with the Australian fans.  We've also heard you guys have beautiful women there, so we are excited about that.

What can fans expect from your set at Soundwave Revolution, how would you describe a Black Veil Brides live experience?
For us, we grew up idolising bands like Kiss and Motley Crue and the more theatrical Alice Cooper style of rock.  Obviously we have a very theatrical image, but at this point in our career and the shows coming up, we don't have all the pyrotechnics and stuff that the bigger bands might have. But what we might lack in giant bombastic shit blowing up, we try and make up for with just raw energy and putting on a great show.  That's what the live show is about. 40 minutes of rebellion and energy and singing your hearts out.  I grew up loving a lot of punk rock music and the ideal of the audience being part of the show, so we try and get the audience as involved as much as possible and try and get a big community of people singing.

You have recently been doing the festival circuit in the UK and Europe, where I personally caught some of your set at Sweden Rock Festival.  How was the whole Europe/UK experience, playing the likes of Download and Sweden Rock etc.
It's interesting because you go from country to country, and I would say it's the UK we have the most presence in.  We have been on the cover of Kerrang multiple times and Rocksound and we do really great in the UK.  In terms of Sweden Rock for example, it was our first time there and we were pleasantly surprised to see the fans reaction.  Every time you go to a country for the first time you just never know what to expect.  But as far as this band, we seem to do well wherever we go and we are even more excited to head back to those countries for a second time.

Speaking specifically of those recent festivals, your album hadn't even hit the stores yet...
Yes that's exactly right!

I guess that makes it a bit of a challenge then for you guys playing new material that the crowd hasn't even heard yet?
Yeah I think the one thing that is the saving grace for the band, or what's really brought fans together has been word of mouth via our fans online and people spreading the word about the band.  It's interesting as you look at how bands create some sense of fan base in a modern sense.  But in terms of a mainstream popularity, we came up in a more organic way.  When we first started, stuff like Myspace and Facebook were really just starting to find their popularity and via those we were able to create a base level fan base.  Now that we have the new album out and get to play these countries, things will grow from there.

How do you find the whole festival experience, taking your music to a bigger stage, compared to playing the smaller more intimate venues…for you is that where your music is destined to be, the big stages?
Those big festival stages are a bit like a playground, especially for me as the bands singer, I can run around and do crazy stuff and have fun with it.  Rock n roll isn't meant to be taken so seriously, I think sometimes people forget it's meant to be fun.  A rock show is meant to be a time for people to have fun and let go of the drudgeries of life.  That's why I love festivals so much, you got to club shows for run of the mill rock bands and it's full of people with their arms crossed who are there to find a cheap drink and hook up with a girl, which is well and good.  But at the end of the day, a rock show is all about that release from everyday life and that's why festivals are great because everyone's there to have a really great time and a giant party!

When you sat down to write/record Set The World On Fire…what did you guys set out to achieve?
We sort of looked at Set The World On Fire as our first record.  If you look at our first release We Stitch These Wounds, it was more a collection of songs we had written over the first 20 years of our life, but it wasn't really an album as such.  With the latest album, its was our first major label release and would be distributed internationally.  We really sat down with the intention of creating a real album in the way that all our favourite albums growing up had a specific message.  I don't think we spent that much time trying to make it as specific or pretentious as some people might want it.  For us, we just wanted to make a rock record that felt like maybe a snapshot of our lives at this point in time.  In ten years time I think we will he able to look back and say Set The World On Firerepresented the Black Veil Brides in 2010/2011.  

You worked with Josh Abraham who produced the new album, put simply, did you guys set out to try and make the biggest rock sound as possible?
I think so, nothing was really off limits for us. If you look at those classic Mutt Lange and Def Leppard records, that's what we wanted.  We wanted every chorus to have as many little nuances and huge things as possible.  So we went back to the old days of how they used to record metal records, adding so many little parts to make these big songs.  Those are the things we love and I don't think there isn't anybody who doesn't love to sing along to a big rock n roll song.

You spoke earlier of Alice Cooper, Motley Crue and KISS as contributing to the visual aspect of the band, but what of some non-musical influences that have contributed?  
We all grew up loving comic books and superhero movies, but I always loved characters such as Batman that had a darker image, but still presented a hopeful message.  For us I think it's a culmination of a lot of pop culture media and stuff brought together. Movies such as Mad Max and Road Warrior and that post apocalyptic look definitely contributed to our image.

How similar or different are the musical influences like within the band?
I think there are certainly key elements, we all love Metallica and Motley Crue, but then we all have our separate ones.  My guitar player is hugely influenced by classical music as well as stuff like Paul Gilbert and Mr.Big.  My bass player and I sway more towards punk rock music, then my drummer listens dub step and techno.  So it's a crazy culmination of all those, but at the end of the day we love rock n roll music and we have 35 years of heavy metal music to take different influences from!

Watching the video for The Legacy, I couldn’t help but notice the words “death to hip hop” written on the bonnet of a car....do explain!
Haha yeah to me that represents, well it's not specifically against hip hop, if you look at rock n roll music especially in America, it's kind of become invisible in terms of pop culture in the last 10 to 15 years.  I think a lot of that is due to rock bands in particular just getting lazy.  There's no showmanship and no fun in rock music anymore and to me that represents us aiming to bring rock music back to mainstream American culture and the idea of kids getting into rock music first and foremost.

That’s certainly typical of here in Australia as well where we don't have a culture of bands such as the Black Veil Brides originating from Australia, but there's certainly a growing fan base for it and you shall see that in September at Soundwave!
Awesome, we can't wait to be there man!

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Celebrating the 4th ..

Celebrating the 4th Midnight Crew style. Gonna be a good night :) 



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Busy day in Ventura!...

Busy day in Ventura! Stoked to play :) seeya in a bit warped



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Black Veil Brides Frontman Andy Biersack To Re-Join Band For Tour Dates




Black Veil Brides’ lead singer, Andy Biersack, will reunite with the rest of his band on the July 1 date of the Vans Warped Tour in Pomona, CA. After fracturing three ribs while falling from a balcony at the Brides’ June 18 show at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles, Biersack was forced to stay behind while his bandmates continued on the Warped Tour holding daily meet and greets with fans until his return. Tomorrow will mark the band’s first performance on the tour in support of their recently released major label debut, Set the World on Fire, on Lava/Universal Republic.
“I am really excited to get back out on the road,” Biersack says. “This is the Black Veil Brides’ first time on Warped Tour and we are honored to be a part of it. To all the fans that went to the first few dates already, all I can say is I am sorry I missed the first week of shows, but promise to kick ass for the rest of the tour.”
The group is featured in the July/August issue of Revolver (available here now, and everywhere on July 5) and it bagged the Best New Band award at the 2011 Revolver Golden Gods.
Also, don’t forget to enter to win a Black Veil Brides prize pack here.
VANS WARPED TOUR 2011 DATES
July 1 – Pomona, CA – Pomona Fairplex
July 2 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 3 – Ventura, CA – Ventura County Fairground at Seaside Park
July 6 – Bonner Springs, KS – Sandstone Amphitheatre
July 7 – Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 8 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
July 9 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 10 – Shakopee, MN – Canterbury Park
July 12 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 13 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center
July 14 – Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
July 15 – Mississauga, ON – The Flats at Arrow Hall
July 16 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau
July 17 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre
July 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheatre
July 20 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 21 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
July 22 – Burgettstown, PA – First Niagra Pavilion
July 23 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 24 – Oceanport, NJ – Monmouth Park Raceway
July 26 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 27 – Virginia Beach, VA – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
July 28 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 29 – Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds
July 30 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
July 31 – St. Petersburg, FL – VinoyPark
August 1 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood
August 2 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
August 3 – Maryland Heights, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 4 – Council Bluffs, IA – Westfair Fairgrounds
August 5 – Denver, CO – Invesco Field at Mile High
August 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairpark
August 7 – Phoenix, AZ – Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion
August 9 – San Diego, CA – Cricket Amphitheatre
August 10 – Carson, CA – Cal State Dominguez Hills
August 11 – Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheater
August 12 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre
August 13 – George, WA – The Gorge Amphitheatre
August 14 – Hillsboro, OR – Washington County Fairgrounds
via: revolvermag.com

Andy, Matt and friends :)


Get Well Soon Andy Biersack!

On Music Connection Magazine

On the cover of the July issue of Music Connection magazine


METAL BY NUMBERS 6/22: THE BRIDES SET THE CHARTS ON FIRE




Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Out of the five metal/hard rock debuts to hit the charts this week, three of them appear in the top 100. However, this week’s top debut comes from Black Veil Brides, coming in at #17. This is a band whose image has turned off a lot of people, including us at first. After listening to their sophomore album, though, we can hear how their mixture of metalcore and glam could easily win over a lot of fans.
Regardless of what you may think of the band, their first week sales are pretty impressive.Last Summer, Black Veil Brides’ debut album We Stitch These Wounds came in at #36 and sold around 10,600 (pretty good for a band who at the time we had no clue about). Fast forward to less than a year, and here is the band selling more than double that with their second release. Guess their image isn’t as much of a turn off as we thought.
Notable Debuts:
Black Veil Brides, Set the World on Fire (Universal Republic) #17, 22,950 sold
A top 20 debut couldn’t come at a better time for frontman Andy Biersack, who had a pretty rough weekend to say the least.
Of Mice & Men, The Flood (Rise) #24, 15,320 sold
The metalcore group’s sophomore album also serves as their highest ranking album to date.
Black Country Communion, 2 (J&R Adventures) #63, 8,310 sold
As impressive of a first week it is for the supergroup featuring Jason Bonham and Glenn Hughes, their first album  (which only came out in September) still holds as their highest ranking album (coming in at #54).
Alestorm, Back Through Time (Napalm) 1,220 sold
The Scottish pirate metal group has the top folk metal debut of the week.
A Pale Horse Named Death, And Hell Will Follow Me (Steamhammer/SPV) 500 sold
Life of Agony/ex-Type O Negative drummer Sal Abruscato’s new project has a modest first week.
Notable Sales:
Foo Fighters, Wasting Light (RCA) #12, 29,850 sold
A major increase in sales sees Dave Grohl and company jumping thirteen spots up the charts and walking back in the top 20.
Def Leppard, Mirrorball (Mailboat) #34, 12,590 sold
A 37% decrease isn’t too awful considering that this live release only features three newly recorded songs and was sold exclusively through Walmart and Sam’s Club. Just wait until people hear their lullaby album.
Seether, Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray (Wind-Up) #42, 11,780 sold
Despite getting kicked out of the top 40, Seether only experience a 4% decrease in their fifth week on the charts.
Kid Rock, Born Free (Atlantic) #60, 8,670 sold
Another 20% increase for Mr. Rock brings him back into the top 60. Yet he’s apparently already working on a follow up album.
Hollywood Undead, American Tragedy (A&M/Octone) #98, 5,490 sold
A 13% decrease in sales finds the masked rapcore group 26 spots down the charts.
Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare (Warner Bros.) #122, 4,750 sold
After experiencing a nice boost in sales last week, A7X have fallen out of the top 100 again by 24 spots.
Five Finger Death Punch, War is the Answer (Prospect Park) #155, 3,340 sold
Didn’t take too long for FFDP to find a new bassist.
Black Stone Cherry, Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea (Roadrunner) #175, 3,050 sold
Another 32% decrease as the Southern rockers fall down the charts by 73 spots.
Arch Enemy, Khaos Legions (Century Media) #177, 3,000 sold
A 50% decrease for the Swedish death metal group in their second week sees them drop almost 100 spots down the charts.
Linkin Park, A Thousand Suns (Warner Bros.) #192, 2,700 sold
Despite a 7% increase, LP remain at the same chart position as last week. And like Kid Rock, they too appear to be already working on a follow up.
Disturbed, Asylum (Reprise) #194, 2,690 sold
After being absent from the top 200 last week, Disturbed return roughly around the same position as last time.
Sixx:A.M., This is Gonna Hurt (Eleven Seven) #197, 2,670 sold
Nikki Sixx and co. fall down the charts by 25 spots despite experiencing only a 4% decrease.
Touché Amoré, Parting the Sea Between the Brightness & Me (Deathwish) 1,460 sold
After a slow first week, post-hardcore band experiences an enormous 203% increase in sales.
Morbid Angel, Illud Divinum Insanus (Season of Mist) 1,440 sold
A 60% decrease kicks Morbid Angel’s polarizing album out of the top 200.
Volbeat, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven (Universal) 1,365 sold
A slight 8% increase for the Danish garage metallers.
Hammerfall, Infected (Nuclear Blast) 680 sold
The Swedish power metal group experiences a 60% decrease in their second week on the charts.
Vampires Everywhere!, Kiss The Sun Goodbye (Century Media) 600 sold
After experiencing modest spikes in sales, Vampires Everywhere! get a 27% decrease in their fifth week.
Art Of Dying, Vices And Virtures (Reprise/Intoxication) 590 sold
A 2% keeps these Canadian rockers around for another week.
Amorphis, The Beginning of Times (Nuclear Blast) 530 sold
Following a trend with other debuts from last week, the progressive death metallers’ experience a 60% decrease.
Memphis May Fire, The Hollow (Rise) 430 sold
After slipping further down the charts, the Southern metalcore group experiences a 21% increase in sales.
Boris, Heavy Rocks (Sargent House) 380 sold 
The experimental Japanese rockers’ album that shouldn’t be confused with the 2002 album of the same name experiences a 34% decrease in their fourth week.

Via: metalinsider.net